OT - Hazing in high school sports
What a bunch of cowardly losers. Nothing more pathetic than a gang of guys teaming up against a weaker kid all by himself.
was a Sophomore.
The first Freshman to play Varsity OL according to coach.
Such an honor.
Such an honor that when the workers finished putting down the rubberized flooring for our weight room - there were some extra strips of rubber leftover
Strips of rubber that the older players thought it would be "fun" to chase me around the locker room - Naked after a shower - and beat the living shit out of me with them.
Told my coach -and he basically told me to suck it up as a "rite of passage".
So glad his ass got fired after the season.
This was 1990.
Not anything new - and from what I hear - hasn't changed much.
#CoolFuckedUpStoryBro
Yep. Messed up.
At my mid-Michigan high school the "cool kids" decided to play L.A. riots in the locker room. That meant one kid got the crap beat out of him every day by the others. I hated it and it was dumb, but nobody got seriously injured.
Nothing is new under the sun.
to some other poor kid who also doesn't deserve it an you are all stranger as a team because of it? /s.
Thats past hazing. Thats just being a huge dick. Hazing shouldnt go past making freshman wear a pink backpack or carrying bags.
Will be fine unless you send him to a really bad school or theres some sociopath at the school.
Hazing has gotten a little ridiculous with some of this crap. Basically Freshman should have to carry equipment maybe set crap up for practices, pay their dues. But, there should not be violence involved in hazing.
As a head coach of a varsity hockey program, this is appalling. I would say most schools are very on top of hazing in today’s climate. As a coach you will never know 100% of what your team is doing away from the rink (field, court, etc) but I would hope a good coach is paying attention close enough to stop something like this.
The coach of this team will of course claim that he had no idea this was happening but you can’t tell me whatever his level of knowledge, it is clearly a case of toxic culture and lack of accountability.
If my son does play, I will be asking the coach what kind of anti-hazing policies are in place.
Varsity coach here. I'd say I'm 100% confident our guys know that nothing even approaching hazing would fly and they'd be done. We work hard to build a family culture, though. I don't even allow freshmen to carry team equipment. It's the responsibility of the upper-classmen. You lay out rules and expecations, don't be afraid to label anything and are direct, things go well. We have a rule that specifically addresses hazing, bullying, sexual harrassment, etc, for example.
I still hear things happening at other schools, but they are fewer and farther in between and have never had an issue personally.
That video is disgusting. The coach should be fired and those kids should face legal consequences. Ive never understood why a person would feel tough jumping another person with multiple people. Disgusting.
That is a toxic culture if that crap is allowed. In no way should any, coach, parent, administrator, and especially not a teammate allow that kind of behavior. They would all be gone. Turn your helmet and hear in, get on the bus, and never set foot in my lockerroom again. Period. Nothing justifies that “team” behavior.
I never really was, or saw, any hazing in high schools. The only thing was as a freshman you'd be tasked with doing the bullshit tasks like getting the water jugs and equipment.
This is messed up. I don’t really have anything else to say and I watched it for about 4 seconds.
Jesus, that was brutal. Guys just jumped directly on his arm, kicked him in the head and face, just horrific. This isn't "hazing", it's fucking battery by a bunch of guys who were taught by some other assholes that the way to show how tough you are is to beat up someone else and then gaslight him into thinking it was part of some bigger plan. I hope they all get punished appropriately, and anyone else who thinks this is fine or acceptable be kicked in the face a couple of times and see how much they like and respect the people doing it.
They had to know that was going to cause serious injuries. The scary part is that not one kid gets in there to defend their teammate.
I played three sports in high school and never saw any hazing. I'm sure I knew what hazing was when I was in high school, but I don't recall ever even having a disucssion about it with friends, parents, coaches, etc.
But that was almost 30 years ago so not sure how relevant my experience is today.
We only did harmless stuff. Lime icy hot in someones jock or put someones shoes in a huge tape ball.
Sad that this shit happened. Anyone who thinks this is ok needs help.
Apes being apes.
leave the incredibly disgusting racial connotations at home today, ok bud?
We don’t need this kind of bullsh!t on the site.
Wow just joined today and this is your first comment.
...and their last comment too. The user is now blocked.
That shouldn't stop people from downvoting the bastard, of course.
I would not give the benefit of the doubt and put the kibosh on them too.
Ah the trolls paid to create hate show up. Globalist trolls...get lost.
My hazing for the Michigan club soccer team was pretty intense. It involved a lot of alcohol, bonging a goldfish, projectile vomiting, and sleeping in a strange girls dorm.
I'm lucky to be alive and disease free.
I didn't experience hazing like that at all and would say it's very uncommon. I went to a pretty large school, but in a small town. The older kids would ride on you when you're younger (esp. because we shared a lockerroom) but nothing like that.
Closest thing to hazing I saw was basically older guys who thought it'd be funny while they're heading to showers to stand close to freshman etc...
Felonious assault.Parents should sue School."Hazers" kicked out of School.
Dude...they should be charged and get some time for this...assault is assault. Well beyond being kicked out of school
Our seniors shaved the heads of freshmen until one kid didn't want his locks cut off and had his parents complain to the AD.
Someone may not like get their head shaved but this is harmless and I think actually develops a sense of team. Assuming the victim isn’t really insecure
That is like old fashioned style hazing. Carrying stuff for other players or cleaning the locker room - stuff like that is fine.
I honestly don’t understand the idea behind hazing or any of those activities. Messing with the new guy at work, freshman pranks, etc. I am a COO at a company and I have very little tolerance for practical jokes. Whatever it is, there always seems to be the guy that has to “one up” the other and then you end up with a mess just like this case. Sad :-(
Our seniors shaved the heads of freshmen until one kid didn't want his locks cut off and had his parents complain to the AD.
There was a hazing incident in Oklahoma involving football players at the school district superintendent's house. The superindentent's son is one of the four players charged with rape by instrumentation. Oh, and school officials waited over a month and a half to report the incident to police.
It's horrible what these four young men did, but it certainly seems like there should be jail time for some of the adults involved in the cover up.
How would they ever think to do such a thing. Unbelievable.
I would like to see the kids and adults end up in jail.
Disgusting behavior. I understand they are kids and make mistakes, but why isn’t there an ounce of empathy?
are calling it what it is:
In a written statement from the Mobile Police Department, Chief of Police Lawrence Battiste wrote, “The Mobile Police Department is aware of the incident that occurred at Davidson High School on April 27, 2018 where a 14-year-old male student was assaulted by several teammates in the locker room after practice. We are actively investigating to determine all individuals responsible for causing the student to sustain a broken arm injury.
Two seniors on my high school alma mater's hockey team got kicked out of school for literally sticking a stick up a freshman's ass. They had the locker room keys because one of them was the team captain. I can't think of a more cowardly act than something like that. Even my frat never had anything that would fuck me emotionally like getting sodomized by a wooden stick.
How is that even possible??????????
That is just straight up sexual assault with a hefty side of perversion.
in '80. jamie todd got taped to a tree, which was no big deal, but the alcohol poisoning nearly killed him. never ended up playing which was very sad. good guy, good hockey player.
The only hazing I encountered in high school football was as a freshman the jv team made us clear their trays in the dining hall during football camp.
Stupid? Yes. But not the end of the world.
Can’t imagine what provoked that or how anyone could justify it as hazing. Brutal.
was basically making the freshmen clean up bags and carry shit in from practice. Nothing out of the ordinary. I went to a couple of quality programs and it was always made clear to us legit hazing was never tolerated.
Tea Bag anyone?
20+ years ago, but the most hazing I ever saw in football was making guys carry stuff. We had a little more on the wrestling team, but certainly nothing like this.
These scumbags need to do some hard time and get the living shit kicks out of them.